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doesn't the zfs diff command mostly cover it? You have snapshots, diffs, and clones which is basically equivalent to commits, diffs, and branches. You're missin
by 0x000000001 5y ago
doesn't the zfs diff command mostly cover it? You have snapshots, diffs, and clones which is basically equivalent to commits, diffs, and branches. You're missing commit logs and that's it, right?
- Dylan16807 5y agoIf you introduce a new file onto multiple ZFS 'branches', there is no way to have it stored copy-on-write. But copying a file from one 'branch' to another is the only way to emulate a cherrypick or merge. So after a while of active use with many branches, you're going to have a lot of redundant copies of files all over. You're no longer making proper use of snapshots, and it becomes less efficient than having a working directory and a directory full of commits that hard link to each other.
- 0x000000001 5y agoGood point, but I bet this could be changed in ZFS.